16. UALCTON. 261 



edged with sandy rufous ; throat and abdomen white ; tore neck, 

 breast, thighs, and under tail-coverts cinnamon ; crown of head 

 cinnamon, with the centre of the crown streaked with green, 

 forming a patch. 



Hah. Island of Ponape. 



a. Ad. sk. [Marquesas !] Purchased. 



h. Juv. sk. [Vanikoro !] Purchased. 



c, d. (S ad. et juv. nk. Ponapi5 {Dr. Kiibary). Museum Godeffi'oy. 



31. Halcyon reichenbachii. 



Todirhamphus reiclieubachii, Hartl. Arch. f. Nat. 1852, p, 21 (mus. 



Dresd.). 

 Halcyon reichenbachii, Finsnh. S)- Hartl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 4 ; Grai/, 



H'and-l. B. i. p. 93, no. 1121 (1869) ; Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. 



viii. p. 11 (1875 : Pelew Isl.). 

 Halcyou ciunamomiua, pt., Sharpe, Monoffr. Alced. p. 213 (1871). 

 Daceio reiclieubachii, Schl. Mns. Pays-Bas, Revue, Alced. p. 29 



(1874). 



Adult. Similar to H. mediocris, but much smaller, the collar 

 round the hind neck, and the under surface of the body being 

 white. Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 1-8, wing 3-3, tail 2*4, 

 tarsus 0'5. 



Young. Similar to the adult, and with a white collar and white 

 under surface, but distinguished by sandj'-buff margins to the wing- 

 coverts and by green streaks on the crown. 



Hub. Pelew Islands. 



rt, b. Ad. et juv. sk. Pelew Islands. Mr. Cohen [0.]. 



82. Halcyon australasise. 



Alcedo australasiae, Jl'eill. Xouv. Diet. xix. p. 419 (1818) ; Bonn, et 



Vieill. Enc. Mith. i. p. 397 (1823) ; Pucker. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 



1853, p. 389. 

 Halcvon coronata, S. Miill. Verh. Land- en Volke7ik. p. 175 (1839- 



44) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 79 (184G) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 484. 

 Todirhamphus coronatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 157 (1850) ; Cass. Cat. 



Hale. Philad. Mus. p. 11 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 9 



(1854) ; Cass. U.S. JE.ipl. Exped., Birds, p. 218, pi. 19. fig. 2 



(1858). 

 Paralcyon corouata, Reichenb. Handb., Alced. p. 35, Taf . 421. fig. 3142 



(1851). 

 Sauropatis australasiae, Cab. <§• Heine, Mus. Hem. Th. ii. p. 161 



(1809) ; Meyer, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxxi. p. 763 (1881 : Lom- 



bock, Timor, Wetter). 

 Daceio coronata, Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Alced. p. 58 (1863) ; id. op. 



cii. Revue, p. 30 (1874). 

 Halcyou australasia3, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 92, no. 1118 (1869); 



Shwpe, Monogr. Alced. p. 215, pi. 81 (1870), 



